by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 31, 2006 | Chayei Sarah
You can rely on a good heart. Avrohom Avinu had gone through so much and had achieved such great heights. At an age of almost one hundred years, his mind was in the Heavens. It was at this supremely spiritual stage of his life that he was faced with a very down...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 30, 2006 | Lech Lecha
When you journey inward you begin with the outside and you work your way in. Abraham was told to go on a journey to the unknown – “to the Land which I will show you.” “Lech Lecho! – Go out from your country, from your birth place and from...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 30, 2006 | Lech Lecha
For one hundred and twenty years Noach prophesied the end of the world – yet not even one single Baal Teshuvah! Noach spent 120 years building an ark, deliberately stretching it out so that people would ask questions, hear about the oncoming world crisis and...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 30, 2006 | Noach
It didn’t even occur to Noach to pray! Until Abraham no one even thought of the idea. Last week I decided that I wanted to pray at the burial place of Rebbe Yehudah HaNasi. Rebbe Yehudah was the author of the Mishna and one of the greatest and bravest rabbinic...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 30, 2006 | Bereishit
Isn't it amazing that the first and most profound murder in world history was committed because someone wanted to get closer to G-d?! The two brothers were dividing up the world and the question of the Beit HaMikdash came up. Of course each one of the brothers...
